1858 US ad for Jargon guide to Fraser River goldrush: a reason why French didn’t remain BC’s language
Just to prove the claim (no pun intended) that BC’s Fraser River gold rush of 1858 was conceptually tied to Chinuk Wawa use…
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1803-1806: The Jewitt narrative
One keen observer of Nuuchahnulth life was John Rodgers Jewitt (1783-1821), the most “Boston man” of “Boston men” to ever visit the PNW coast.
1892: Tacoma pseudo-CW football cheer
I’ve reported a number of times on oldtime sports yells that tried to sound “savage” — sometimes in the Northwest by using Chinuk Wawa.
1889: Keep that cultus wah-wah out of my courtroom!
Kind of by request of Jay V. Powell…
Kamloops + others residential schools, as reported to Native people in Chinook (Part 4)
Dated May 14, 1893, Kamloops Wawa #78 carries some more early residential-school news on page 79…
1890: The Ancient Order of Neversweats
What do you think this “classic” motto means in English?
Champness, “To Cariboo and Back in 1862”
A British man is lured by the BC gold rushes, but perhaps makes more money writing about the experience…
“Lève, lève, nos gens” and canadiens’ pragmatics
Hah, probably the most opaque headline I ever put on a blog post!
1799+: Sturgis’s (pidgin?) Haida & Tlingit word lists
From “The Journal of William Sturgis” edited by S.W. Jackman (Victoria, BC: Sono Nis, 1978), pages 108-112 — “GLOSSARY of Indian Languages by W. Sturgis”.
1799: 17-year-old William Sturgis on the north PNW coast, and, his pidgin in the Mass. legislature!
This kid was going places!